[mythtv-users] Upgrading Ubuntu

[Dave Pearson]

Bruce Nordstrand wrote:
> On 1/11/09 4:06 AM, "Nicolas Will" <nico at youplala.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 11:49 -0500, Craig Huff wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 09:42 +0000, Damian wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Could anyone tell me the best way to go about upgrading Ubuntu? I'm
>>>>> in
>>>>> no rush.
>>>>>           
>>>> Normal upgrade procedure, either through update manager or through
>>>>         
>>> the
>>>       
>>>> command line using a do-release-upgrade.
>>>>
>>>> Nothing special.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Nico-
>>>
>>> I'm guessing the OP is in the same boat I am -- my current mythbuntu
>>> 9.04 system is my **first** mythbuntu system
>>>       
>> Cool, you will like it.
>>
>>
>>     
>>> , so I have no experience
>>> doing anything other than letting the update manager automatically
>>> update (or maybe I should say semi-automatically, since I try to look
>>> things over first in case there is something that I think might foobar
>>> things).
>>>       
>> I recommend the package called apt-listchanges, it displays the
>> changelogs after downloading updates and asks you if you would like to
>> continue.
>>
>>     
>>> So... Is the normal upgrade procedure to invoke the following command?
>>>
>>> % sudo apt-get do-release-upgrade
>>>       
>> $ sudo do-release-upgrade
>>
>> That's a dedicated script if you want to do it from the terminal. I even
>> use it on remote ssh sessions.
>>
>> Otherwise use the GUI Update-Manager will propose the upgrade to 9.10 on
>> its top part.
>>
>>     
>>> Or... Is there more to it?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Just re-enable non-ubuntu repos in your sources.list once done, they are
>> deactivated on upgrade.
>>
>> That's it, yes. It works, it's reliable, it's easy. My MythTV system
>> started at 7.04 and has seen 5 upgrades without any hickups.
>>
>> I have a laptop that has lived like that since Warty (even moving from
>> hardware to hardware). I have Debian machine that are much older than
>> that (less upgrades with Debian, granted, but that's the point).
>>
>> That is if you are using Ubuntu repos, no weird repo, no fugly manual
>> stuff, weirdo scripts a la automatix, etc... Stay within software
>> sources that are part of the Ubuntu processs.
>>
>> Medibuntu and PPAs are usually no issue.
>>
>> Nico
>>     
> Don't want to put you off but my upgrade to 9.10 has been abysmal. The
> update process went fine except for MySQL which failed to upgrade and
> refused to start. No matter what I did (even after MANY Google searches) I
> could not get it working which is not a good situation for the master
> backend server. So I have been copying all recordings off the drive along
> with every configuration file I can think of and am currently doing a full
> install. Luckily I took a MySQL backup before doing anything.
>
> At this point I am unhappy with the Ubuntu upgrade process, making me dread
> any future updates....
>
> Cheers
> Bruce
>
>
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I had the same problem with the mysql-server-5.1 upgrade failing. I 
eventually got it to work by editing the my.cnf file and commenting out 
the skip-bdb line.

Hope this helps.

Dave.